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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani completes visit to Kyiv, emphasizes continued destructive impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine’s people
Publishing date: 16 January 2023
KYIV, 16 January 2023 –The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, completed his visit to Kyiv today.
Chairman-in-Office Bujar Osmani presents North Macedonia’s 2023 priorities to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 12 January 2023
Vienna, 12 January 2023 — In these critical times for European security and stability, the Chairpersonship of North Macedonia will strive to manage and prevent conflicts and alleviate suffering by placing the people at the heart of its work, said Bujar Osmani, Foreign Minister of North Macedonia and OSCE Chairman-in-Office, during his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani holds separate phone calls with Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 10 January 2023
SKOPJE, 10 January 2023- The 2023 OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, held two separate telephone conversations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov. The conversations with the ministers focused on the situation in the South Caucasus region, with a particular emphasis on the Lachin corridor.
North Macedonia takes over OSCE Chair
Publishing date: 1 January 2023
VIENNA/SKOPJE, 1 January 2023 — Today, North Macedonia takes over the OSCE Chair with a main focus on the needs of the people.
OSCE Mission, ODIHR train Kosovo Police and civil society organizations on hate crime
Publishing date: 29 December 2022
Twenty-three Kosovo Police officers and representatives of civil society organizations took part in the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Training against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE), held from 14 to 16 December 2022. TAHCLE is
OSCE opens a women's education and support center in Tashkent region
Publishing date: 28 December 2022
On 27 December, the OSCE Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan, together with the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, the Republican Commission on the Advancement of the Role of Women in Society, Gender Equality and the Family, and the Committee on Women and Gender Equality of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, held an opening ceremony of the "Women's Education and Support Center" under the Department of Family and Women of Kibray district, Tashkent region.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo concludes series of lectures on media and information literacy in three public universities
Publishing date: 23 December 2022
Between October and November 2022, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo facilitated 48 lectures on media and information literacy for students at public universities in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South, Pejë/Peć and Gjakovë/Ðakovica. A total of 185 students participated in these lectures and acquired key media